Embossing and printing machine



Nov, 17 "1925. H I v G. w. 'HEENE nmsossma AND PRINTING MACHINE File Dgc10-, 1925' s Sheets-She et 1 iNVENTOR G'eaI IK/e/ze BY ATTORNEY ri-zNov. 17,1925. 1,561,507

G. w., HEENE 'EMBOSSING AND PRINTING MACHINE F'i'led Dec. 10, 1923 3Sheets-Sheet 3 ATTORNEY Nov. 17 1925. 1,561,607 G. W. HEENE EMBOSSINGAND PRINTING MACH INF;

Filed Dec. 10, 1925 S e INVENTOR ATTORNEY Patented Nov. 17, 1925.

PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE W. HEENE, OF CLEVELAND, OHIO.

EMBOSSING AND PRINTING MACHINE.

Application filed December 10, 1923.

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be itlrnown that I, Gnouen W. Henna, a citizen of theUnited States,residing in Cleveland, county of Ouyahoga, and. State of Ohio, haveinvented a new and useful Embossing and Printing Machine, of which thefollowing is a specification.

My invention relates to mechanisms for either embossing or printing, orfor embossingandprinting letters or numbers or other characters uponobjects susceptible for or to such operations.

The main object of my invention is a simple, eflicient, and easilyoperable and always ready mechanism to either emboss or to print, or toemboss and print, letters,

' numerals, or other characters upon objects susceptible for suchoperations; Other ob jects will appear during the description of theapparatus shown in the accompanying drawings.

In these accompanying drawings, I show one embodiment of my inventioninacertain machine; it is understood, however, that modifications may bemade within the scope of the appended claims.

In these accompanying drawings, Fig. 1 is a general perspective view ofa complete machine for either embossing or for printingor for embossingand printing cliaracters upon an objectand embodying the features of myinvention; Fig. 2 is a section, taken on a vertical plane indicated bythe lines2--2 in Fig. 1, showing sectionallythe relations between theelements substantially on the vertical axis of the machine; Fig. 3 is asection, taken on a horizontal plane indicated by the lines 3?) in Figs.1 and 2 sectionally showing the relations of the die andtyping orprinting elements; Fig.

iisau-end View, indicated by the line 4.

in Fig. 2, on a larger scale, partlyin section, showing the lockmechanism for the typedie wheel Fig. 5 is a sectional view, on a largerscale, taken on a vertical plane indicated: by the line 5--5' in- Fig.1, showing-the en-ibossing and typing mechanism; 6 in an end view of"the left side of Fig. 1 showing the relations between the elements onthis side of the machine; Fig; 7 is an end View of the table mechanismon a larger scale; Fig. Sis an end view of the upper portion of thetable indexing mechanism on a larger scale; Fig. 9 is a partialsectional view, taken on a. vertical plane indicated by the line 9 inFig. 3, show- Serial No. 679,607.

ing the shaft and crank arrangement at the lower end of the tableindexing niechanism; Fig. 10 is a partial view showing the mechanism forindexing and locking the table. Fig. 11 is a sectional view, taken on aplane indicated by the line 11 in Fig. 1, showing the details ofmounting a spool to permit the same to be removed when embossing withoutprinting is to be performed.

Similar reference charactersrefer to simi lar parts throughout theviews.

For the purpose or easy understanding of the machine shown in thedrawings, it may be convenient to divide this machine into its maingroups of elements of the housing, the typing mechanism, the table, and.the table operating mechanism and describe the elements in connectionwith such grouping.

It is to be observed that embossing is understood to mean impressingcharacters into an object and that printing is understood to meancoloring the characters on the surface of the object as printing isusually understood.

The housing of this machine comprises the base 10, the brackets 11secured to the base 10 in the present instance, and the lugs 1.2 and 13projecting upward from the top of the brackets 11. The brackets 11 are Ushaped to clear the loop 14 for the purpose appearing presently. The lug12 is provided. with the slot 15 and the lug l3 1 is provided with thegroove 16. The bar 17 connects the upper ends of the lugs 12 and 13 andis secured thereto by the screws 18 andis provided with the handleportion 19 for conveniently carrying the machine. The tie bar 20 issecured to the lugs 12 and 13, on the front of the machine, by thescrews 21 and is provided with the slot 22. The tie bar 23 is secured tothe lugs 12 and 1 on the back of the machine, by the screws 24; and isprovided with the slot 25.

As is clearly seen in Figs. and 5, the typing mechanism comprises thetype sup port member 26, the type wheel 27, and the operating mechanismtherefor. One end of the type support member 26 is hinged to the lug 12by the pin 28 and is disposed in the slot 15 while the other end thereofis provided with the tongue 29 extending into the groove 16 to guide theup and down movement of this free end of the member 26- The middleportion of the memher 26 is open to permit the introduction of the typewheel 27. The walls 30 are pro vided with the bosses 31 into which theshaft 32 is journaled. This other and free end of the type supportmember 26 is provided with two apertures, countersunk therein, and thesprings 33 are deposited therein. This free end is further provided withtwo holes, extending through this end, and the guide pins 34 fitslidably therein. This free end is further provided with thepin 35 ontowhich is hooked one end of the spring (tension) 36 while the other endthereof is hooked onto the bar 17. The object of the spring 36 is tonormally hold this free end of the member 26 in its uppermost positionas shown in full lines in the drawings.

The type wheel 27 is secured to the shaft 32 and rotates therewith, isconfined between the walls 30', and is provided with type dies 129 onthe outer circumferential surface thereof. In the present instance, thetype dies 129 are formed directly on the outer circumferential surfaceof the wheel 27 and project beyond this outer surface sufi iciently farto permit these dies to perform embossing operations. When printingoperations only are to be performed, the screw 128 is adjusted toprevent these dies from emboss ing the characters thereof more thannecessary for such printing operations. In the present instance, thesetype dies are formed of the letters of the alphabet and the numerals 1to 9; other or additional characters may be substituted or added.

The knob 37 is secured to the front end of the shaft 32 while thetoothed index wheel 38 is secured to the back end thereof.

As is clearly seen in Fig. 4, the bracket 39 is secured to the tie bar23 and the middle portion thereof extends downward and is provided withthe aperture40 and with the opening 41. The compression spring 42 isdisposed in the lower portion of the aperture 40 while the head 43 ofthe lock pin is disposed in the upper portion thereof adjacent thespring 42. The lower end of the lock )in extends throu h and is uidedinthe opening 41 in the lower end of the bracket 39 and is provided withthe pin 45 to limit the upward movement of the lock pin. The upper endof the lock pin is beveled both ways to engage the spaces between theteeth of the index wheel 38 when the same moves downward as will appearpresently.

The index disk 46 is secured to the shaft and is provided withcharacters corresponding to the characters on the type dies of the typewheel 27. The pointer 47 is secured to the tie bar 20 and extends overthe index disk 46. It is observed that the type wheel and the index diskmust be so related to each other that a certain character die is locatedin the lowermost or operating position when the pointer points to thesame character at the top of the index disk.

As clearly seen in Figs. 1, 5, and 6; the operating mechanism for thetyping mechanism comprises the shaft 48 ournaled in the lug 13, theoperating handle 49 secured to the outer end of the shaft 48, the cam 50secured to the inner end of the shaft 48, and contacts the plate Theshaft 48 is so located in the lug 13 that the cam 50 bears on the plate51, as seen in Fig. 5, when this mechanism is at rest or in inoperativeposition.

The plate 51 rests on the springs 33, can move up and down, and isguided in this movement by the guide pins 34 secured to the plate 51 andguided in the free end of the type" support member 26.

The table 52 can move longitudinally on the guide ways 53 provided onthe base 10 and is held down on these guide ways by the brackets54 and55 as clearly seen in Fig. 2. The rack is secured to the front of thetable 52 and is provided with gear teeth; the bracket 57 is also securedto the front face of the table 52 above the rack 56. The lugs 58'and 59project outwardly from each end of the table 52; the lugs 58 having anopening therethrough for the guide pins 60 to'slide up and down therein;the lugs 59 have the pins 61 onto which the lower end of the tensionspring 62 is hooked.

The clamping frame for holding the ob- V ject to be operated upon (thebook 63 shown in dot and dash lines for instance) down upon the tablecomprises a pair of longitudinal bars 64 and 65 and a cross bar at eachend of these longitudinal bars'to complete the frame. Each of thesecross bars, as clearly seen in Fig. 7, has the upper portion 66 securedto the respective ends of the bars 64 and 65, the loop portion 14adjacent this portion 66, the lower portion 67 adjacent this loopportion and below this upper portion, and the guide portion 68 fittingbe tween and guided in the lugs 58 and 59. The lower portion 67 isprovided with the pin 69 onto which the upper end of the tension spring62 is hooked. The object of the springs 62 is to pull the clamping framedownward to clamp the object- 63 down upon the table.

The shaft 70 is journaled in the table near the bottom of the lugs 58and 59 and nearer to the lug 59 than to the lug 58. A cam 71 is securedto the shaft 70 near each end thereof and within the lugs 58 and 59.Each of these cams 71 is provided with the toe 72 abutting the inside ofthe lug 59 to hold the cam in position of rest or inoperative positionas shown in full lines in Fig. 7. A handle 73 is secured to each end ofthe shaft 70 to rotate the same and operate the cams.

The guide pins 60 are secured to the respective lower portions 67 of theframe. and

form a guide for the same in relation to the table.

The loop portion 14 is provided to permit this machine to operate overall or any por tion of a long sheet which may be rolled up and confinedin these loops as the typing pro ceeds;

The table can be moved longitudinally by manual means and by indexingmeans operated by the type operating mechanism.

As clearly seen in Fig. 2, this manual table moving means comprises theshaft 7 4 journaled in the base 10, the gear 75 secured to the shaft 74and extending through an opening in the top of the base and meshingwiththe rack 56. and the knob 76 to rotate the shaft 74. The index disk 77is also secured *tudinal movement of the table for proper spacing of thetyping on the object 63.

The toothed Wheel 79 is also secured to the shaft 74 and projects upthrough the top of the base 10 for automatic indexing of the table.

The bracket 80, carrying the pin 81, is secured to the top of the base10. One end of the index bar 83 has the slot 84 to support this end onthe pin 81 and permit the bar 83 to slide thereon.

As clearly seen in Figs. 2, 6, and 9, the index shaft 85 is journaled inthe table 10.

- The crank 86 is secured to the shaft 85, near the front end, extendsupward through the top of the base 10, and the otherend of the bar 83-ishinged to the upper end thereof by the pin 87. This crank 86 also hasthe ear 88 onto which one end of the tension spring 89 is hooked. Theother end of the spring 89 is hooked to the base 10. i

The crank 90 is secured to the shaft 85, near the rear end thereof andextends out through the side of the base. The outer :end of this crank90 is provided with .a boss 91 into which the lower end of the push rod92 is mounted. The middle portion of this push rod 92 is bent into Uform to clear the loops 14-, the upper portion thereof its slidablythrough and is guided in the bracket 93 which is rigid with the housingand the upper end thereof is secured to the bracket 94: which is guidedon the housing and adapted to move up and down thereon. The cam issecured to the shaft t8, previously described in connection with thetype op erating mechanism, is provided with the fiat surface 96 normallyresting on the top of the bracket 94, the high point 97 and the flatsurface 98 concentric with the longitudinal axis of the shaft 48. Thecompression spring 99 is interposed between the brackets 93 and 9 1,over the rod 92.

As clearly seen in Fig. 10, the dog 100 swivelly mounted on the pin 101secured to the index bar 83 and is provided with the 1 finger 102adapted to engage the teeth on the wheel 79 when the automatic indexingmechanism is operating but is normally held out of engagement with theseteeth, to permit manual operation to move the table. The spring 103 hasone end thereof engaging the finger 102 and the other end thereofengaging the bar 83 for ice-action. and the middle portion thereofcoiled around the pin 104 secured to the bar 83. The object of thisspring is to normally exert a down ward pressure on the outer end of thelinger 102.

The dog 100 is further provided with the toe 105 projecting dmvnward andabutting the end of the bracket 80 to norn'ially hold the finger 102 outof engagement with the teeth on the wheel 79 against the action of thespring 103 while the bar 83 is not operating to permit the manualoperation or rotation of the shaft 74.

The pins 106 are secured to the bar 83 and are spaced so that they enterbetween two pair of teeth of the wheel 7 9 and lock the same in indexedposition while the typing 1 transversely from the table and the guidemember 108 extending transversely from the member 107. The guide member10? consists of a body having the projections 109. 110, and 111. Thespace between the projections 110 and 111 fits loosely over theprojecting flange 1120f the bracket 57 so that the member 10'? can slidelongitudinally thereon for adjustment. The screw 113 is journaled in theprojection 109 is threaded into the projection. 110, and the end thereofabuts the flange 112 to lock the guide apparatus in adjusted positionlongitudinally. The guide member 108 consists of a body having the notch11 1 fitting slidably over the body of the member 107 and of the screw115 threaded into the body and abutting the guide member 107 to lock themember 108 to the member 107 in adjusted position transversely.

The wire 116 is secured to each end of the frame and is disposed justahead of the type dies to form a guide for locating the object to beoperated upon when such operation is to be performed on certain line.

Theribbon 117, similar to atype-writer ribbon, is wound on the spools118 and iii) is guided by the fingers 119. The spools are rotatablymounted in the housing by tie pins 120 and 130. The notched dish 121 issecured to the spool and the finger 1:32 is secured to the movablebracket The lever 123 is fulcrumed on the housing and is provided withthe toe 124 adapted to raise the lower end of the finger out ofengagement with the notches on the disk 121 when the ribbon is not to bemoved. The downward movement of the bracket 9-1- causes the finger toengage one of the notches in the disk 121 and partially rota e the sameand consequently the spool 118 to wind the ribbon onto one spool andunwind it from the other.

In order to render the app 'ratus readily convertible either forembossing or for printing, it is necessary that the ribbon 117 is out ofthe way of the type dies when printing is not to be performed which fture can be accomplished by moving ribbon to one side with the fingersbut method of moving the ribbon quite convenient in operation as well assoiling fingers and consequent soiling of the in handled with thesefingers.

To overcome the above disadvantages. l mount the spools 118 in such amanner that either one or both of them can readily be removed andthereby remove the ribbon also.

The removable mounting of the spools 118 is clearly shown in Fig. 11.Each of the lugs 12 and 13 have the slot 131 in the bottom thereof andextending substantially parallel with the table. The stationary pins 130are driven into the logs on one side of the slots 131 and extend intothe slots 131 a short distance. The inner end of each of the pins 120has the enlarged head 132 slidable in the bore 133 in the lugs on theother side of the slots 131 and also extend into these slots a shortdistance but opposite and in alignment with the pins 130. The outer endsof the pins 120 fit slidably into the respective plates 134 which aresecured to the lugs and the knobs 135 are secured to the extreme outerends of the pins 120. order to prevent the rotation of the pins 120, thekey-ways 136 are provided in the plates 134 and the pins 137 are driveninto the knobs 135 to enter the key-ways when the spools are inposition. The compression springs 138 are disposed over the pins 120 andbetween the heads 132 and the plates 134.

The spools 118 have a central bore whereby the same are joiu'ualed onthe heads 132 and on the pins 130. When it is desired to remove eitherone or both of the spools 118, it is only necessary to take hold of theknob 135 and pull the pin 120 outward against the compression of thespring 138 until the head 132 recedes into the bore 133 whereupon thespool can be moved longitudinally and off of the pin 130 and removed outof the slot 131 which is made sufficiently wide to permit of suchlongitudinal movement of the spool.

As to operaton of the guide members; the guide member 107 is moved alongthe bracket 57 to any desired position corresponding to the point ofstarting operations sidewise on the object and is locked in position bythe screw 113. The guide member 108 is moved along the guide member 107to any desired position corresponding to the starting point of operationlengthwise of the object and is locked in position by the screw 115.

As to operation of manually moving the table; supposing that a name often letters is to be printed on a book; divide ten (ten letters) by twowhich equals five; then rotate the shaft 74-until the pointer 78registers with the graduation 5 on the index disk 77 this rotation ofthe shaft 74 rotates the gear 75 which, in mesh with the rack 56, movesthe table accordingly; then proceed with the printing operations; uponcompletion of these operations it will be found that the printing isspaced symmetrically on each side of the zero line.

As to operation of the automatic table indexing mechanism; after theguide members and the table is manually set as above set forth, eachforward and downward movement of the handle 49 and consequent partialrotation of the shaft 48 and the cam 95 operates this mechanism. As soonas this cam 95 rotates, and during the first part of the downwardmovement of the handle of such rotation, the high point 97 forces thebracket 94 and consequently the push rod 92 downward quickly until thehigh point 97 is directly under the axis of the shaft 48 as inclicatedin dot and dash lines in Fig. 8; upon further rotation of the shaft 48the bracket 94 remains stationary since the face 98 is concentric withthe longitudinal axis of the shaft 48. As the rod 92 so moves clownward,the outer end of the crank 90 is thereby pushed downward and the shaft85 is partially rotated. This partial rotation of the shaft 85 moves theupper end of the crank 86 toward the rod 92 and moves the bar 83 in thesame direction. As soon as the bar 83 so starts to move (first part ofmovement of the handle 49, before the die reaches the object on thetable), the toe 105 is no longer confined against the bracket 80 and thespring 103 forces the outer end of the finger .102 down into one of thenotches in the wheel 79 (dog 100 swivels on the pin 101) as seen in dotand dash lines in Fig. 10, and rotates this wheel one notch thereby alsorotating the shaft 74 and the gear 75 which, in turn, moves the tablethrough the rack 56. About the time that the high point 97 has moved thebracket 94 to its lowest position, as shown in dot and dash lines inFig. 10, the table is moved to printing position and thepins 106 aremoved into two successive notches in the wheel 79, as shown in dot anddash lines in Fig. 10, thereby locking this Wheel against furtherrotation which look continues until the handle 49 is again returned toinoperative position since the surface 98 is concentric with the shaft48. As soon as the handle 49 is so returned, the springs 89and 99 returnall of this indexing mechanism back to inoperative position as shown infull lines in the drawings. During this return movement, the toe 105abuts the bracket and rotates the dog 100, against the action of thespring 103, until the end of the finger disengages the tooth on thewheel 79 to permit manual operation of the table. Each successive strokeor operation of the handle 49 automat'ically moves the table to the nextprinting position and indexes and looks it there until the printing iscompleted.

As to the operation of the clamp frame; the cam 7 1. is normally heldininoperative position by the toe 72as previously set forth a and theclamp frame is held down upon the table by the springs 62. Upon rotationof the shaft 70 by means of the handles 73, the faces 125 of the cams 71engage the under sides of the portions'67 and raise this clamp frameabove the table as shown in dot and dash lines in Fig: 7. When thisframe is raised to its uppermost position, the face 125 of the camsabuts the inner face of the lugs 59,and the points 126 of traveledbeyond the center of the shaft 70 and thereby hold the frame in thisposition 1 until the shaft is returned to original position by thehandles 73; VVhilethe clamp frame is in thisupper position the object 63is inserted between the top of the table and the bottom of thelongitudinal bars 64 and 65; upon the return of the shaft to originalposition as set/forth, the springs 62 move this frame downward and clampthe object upon the top of the table.

As to the operation of the type die wheel and lock mechanism, the shaft32 is rotated to selectively convey one of the type dies into operativeposition which is indicated when the pointer 47 registers with theparticular character on this die. When the type wheel 27 is moveddownward by the handle 49, as will appear presently, the index wheel 38also moves bodily downward and the spacebetween two of the teeth thereofengages the beveled upper end of the lock pin and thereby locks the typewheel in indexedposition when the same is moved down almost to theposition of cont-a'cting the object 63.

It is observed that, inthis type indexing mechanism, the beveled end ofthe lock pin, acting in the beveled spaces between the teeth on theindex wheel 38, will rotatethis wheel 38 to proper operating position incase when the shaft 48 is rotated by means of the handle 49 being movedforwardly and downwardly as indicated by the arrow, the cam 50, normallyheld in uppermost position by the pin 127, also rotates in the samedirection and thereby moves the plate 51 downward against the action ofthe springs These springs, in turn, exert a resilient downward pressureon the free end of the type wheel support member and move this enddownward which movement also moves the type wheel downward. The impactof the type dies upon the object 63 is thereby cushioned. and the depthof the impressions or the embossing is governed by the adjusting screw128 which limits the rotation of 1 the handle '49.

.As previously mentioned, the table indexing mechanism is also operatedby the shaft 32. The indexing and locking of the table is performedduring the first portion of the downward movement of the type wheelbefore the dies thereof reach the object 63. and the locking of the typewheel is performed just before the type dies reach the object 63, sothat all indexed mechanisms are locked in proper operating positionbefore the operation on the object is actually performed for the purposeof preventing the shifting of either the type die wheel or the table andto produce clean work.

As to operation of the embossing and printing means; as previouslymentioned, the ribbon 117 winds and unwinds on the Spools 118 and passesbetween the table and the type Wheel. opposite the type dies. The typedies then'iselves are adaptedv to emboss characters in an object whetherthe ribbon is in position or not so that characters are embossed onlywhen the ribbon 117 is absent and so that characters are embossed andprinted in the object when the ribbon is present.

Vv'hen it is desired to print characters on the object without embossingthe same, the adjusting screw 128 is manipulated so that the handle 49abuts this screw when the type dies touch the object with the ribbontherebetween so that printing only is accomplished with this apparatus.

By manipulation of the screw 128 any desired depth of embossing may beattained within range of the apparatus either with or without printing.

The machine shown and described is not the only embodiment of myinvention. I may make various modifications within the scope of theappended claims. For convenmeans or other similar terms or expressionswhich include any sort of dies ormeans adapted to the present inventioneither to' print or to type or to impress or to emboss or to print andtype and emboss characters upon any object susceptible to suchoperations provided any particular claims do not definitely describesuch elements.

lVithout limiting myself to the precise construction and arrangement ofelements shown and described,

I claim 1. An apparatus of the character described, including, a base, abracket extending rearwardly and upwardly from each end of said base, alug on the upper end of each of said brackets, atie bar connecting bothof said lugs, a table on said base to support the object to be operatedupon, a type support member having one end thereof hinged to one of saidlugs and the other end thereof guided in the other of said lugs, and atype wheel mounted in said type support member intermediate the endsthereof and movable toward and away from said table.

2. An apparatus of the character described, including, a base, a bracketextending rearwardly and upwardly from each end of said base, a lug onthe upper end of each of said brackets and each lug provided with a slotopen at the bottom thereof, a table on said base to support the objectto be operated upon, a type wheel movable toward and away from saidtable, a rotatable spool in each of said slots, and a ribbon windable onsaid spools and extending from one of said spools to the other and theextending portion disposed between the top of said table and the loweredge of said type wheel.

3. An apparatus of the character described, including,a base, a bracketextending rearwardly and upwardly from each end of said base, a lug onthe upper end of each of said brackets and each lug provided with a slotopen at the bottom thereof, a table on said base to support the objectto be operated upon, a type wheel movable toward and away from saidtable, a rotatable spool in each of said slots, a ribbon windable onsaid spools and extending from one of the spools to the other andtheextending portion disposed between the top of said table and the loweredge of said type wheel, and at least one of sa1d spools removablymounted in one of said slots to permit the removal of said ribbon whenembossing without printing is to be performed by the apparatus.

4 An apparatus of the character described, including, a base, a bracketextending rearwardly and upwardly from each end of said base, a lug onthe upper end of each of said brackets and each lug having a pair ofdownwardly projecting ears to form a slot open at the bottom thereof, atable on said base to support the object to be operated upon, a typewheel movable toward and away from said table, a pin extending througheach of said pairs of ears and across the slots thereof, a rotatablespool on each of said pins in each" of saidslots, a ribbon windable onsaid spools and normally extending from one of said spools to the otherand the extending portion disposed between the top of said table and thelower edge of said type wheel.

5. An apparatus of the cha 'acter described, including, a housing, atable on said housing to support the object to be operated upon, a typesupport member having one end thereof hinged to said housing and theother end thereof free to move toward and away from said table, meansfor moving said free end, and re silient means interposed between saidfree end and said means for moving the same.

6. An apparatus of the character described, including, a housing, atable on said housing to support the object to be operated upon, typedies mounted in a movable type support member mounted in said housing,and means for elastically moving said type support member toward saidobject; said elastic means including, a plate mounted to movevertically, guide pins secured to said plate and guided in said typesupport member, springs between said plate and said type support member,and a cam to operate said plate to move the same toward said typesupport member.

7. An apparatus of the character described, including, a housing, atable on said housing to support the object to be operated upon, typedies mounted in a movable type support member mounted in said housing,and means for elastically moving said type dies toward and away fromsaid object; said elastic means including, a plate mounted to movevertically, guide pins secured to said plate and guided in said typesupport member, springs between said plate and said type support member,a cam to operate said plate to move the same toward said type supportmember, and a spring having one end thereof secured to said housing andthe other end thereof secured to said type support member to move saidtype dies away from said object.

8. An apparatus of the character described, including, a housing, atable on said housing to support the object to be operated upon, amovable type support member mounted in said housing, means for movingsaid support member toward and away from said object, a shaft journaledin said support member, a type wheel secured to said shaft and providedwith type dies, and indexing and locking means for said type wheel; saidindexing and locking means including, a

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disk secured to'said shaft and provided with characters corresponding toand definitely related to the characters on said dies, a pointer securedto said housing to indicate the relative position of said type wheel, an

index wheel secured to said shaft and provided with V notches in thecircumferential surface thereof numerically and relatively correspondingto said type dies and said clmracters, a bracket secured to said housingand provided with a pocket, a spring in said pocket, and an index pinguided in said pocket and provided with a V point adapted to engageoneof said notches to correctly index and lock said type wheel inposition while said support member is moving downward.

9. An apparatus of the character described, including a housing ahorizontally movable table on said housing to support the object to beoperated upon, vertically 1nov able type dies and operatinglIlEChfllllSli'l therefor means for clamping said object to said table,said clamping means comprising an open frame to permit said dies toreach saidlobject, andawire secured to each end of said frame andextending longitudinally across the opening of said frame in desiredrelation to said type dies to indicate on said ob ect where said dieswill contact the same 10. An apparatus of the character described,lncluding, ahous1ng,a horizontally movable table on said housing tosupport the object to be operated upon, vertically movable type dies andoperating mechanism therefor, and means for clamping said object to saidtable; said clampingmeans in- 11. An apparatus of the characterdescribed, including, a housing, a horizontally movable table on saidhousing to support the object to be operated upon, vertically movabletype diesaand operating mechanism therefor, andmeans for clamping saidobjectto said table; said clamping means including, an open frameguided'in said table :and adapted to move up and down in relationthereto, spring means to normally hold said frame downward, ashaftjourualed in said table, a handle on each end of said shaft torotate the same, and a cam secured to said shaft neareach i end thereofto engage and move said :frame upward upon rotation of said shaft; saidcam provided with a toe .to abut said table to normally retain the samein inoperativeposition; and said shaft locatedso thatr-said camabutsqsaid table to retain said frame in uppermost position after saidshaft hasbeen rotated.

12. An apparatus of the character described, including, a base, a tablemovable longitudinally on said base to support the object to be operatedupon, a bracket looped rearwardly and upwardly from each end of saidbase, a type carrier operatively mounted on the upper portion of saidbrackets, a type wheel mounted in said carrier and n1ov able toward andaway from said table, and means for clamping said object upon said tablecomprising an open frame to engage said object, a looped bar on each endof said frame each having one end thereof secured to said frame and theother end thereof guided on said table, and the looped portions of saidbars adapted to support a rolled up portion of said object and to clearsaid looped brackets when said table moves longitudinally on the base.

13. An apparatus of the character described, including, ahousing, ahorizontally movable table on said housing to support Iosaid secondshaft and hingedly connected tothe other end of said connecting bar,

a second crank secured to said second shaft, a push rod having one endthereof connected to said second crank and the other end thereof guldedin said housing and secured to amovable bracket, a springbetwoen saidbracket and saldhousmg to normally retain said bracket in uppermostposition, and a cam operated by said type. the operating mechanism tomove said bracket and said puslrrod downward and index said table.

14. An apparatus of the character described, including, a housing, atablelongitudinally movable and indexable on said housing, means foroperating said table, a type Wheel movable toward and away from saidtable, an operating handle journaled on said housing, a cam on saidhandle for'rnovingsaid typewheel toward said table, spring means formoving said type wheel away from said table, a cam on said handle tooperateusaid table moving means during the first portion of saidmovement of the type wheeltoward the table and to retain this indexmeans in this position during the remainder of said movement of the typewheel toward the table and during the first portion the object to beoperated upon and provided of said movement of' thetype wheel away fromthe table and to release this index means during the last portion ofsaid movement of the type wheel away from that-able.

- eluding a pin adapted to engage said toothed wheel after said dog hasoperated the same, and a cam on said handle to operate said table indexmeans during the first portion of said movement of the type wheel towardthe table and thereby operate said lock means during the remainingportion of said movement of the type wheel toward the table and duringthe first portion of said movement of the type wheel away from the tableand to release this lock means during the last portion of said movementof the type wheel away from the table.

' 16. An apparatus of the character described, including a housing, anindexable table on said housing to support the object to be operatedupon, type dies movable toward and away from said table, a handle formoving said type dies, and means operated by said handle for indexingand subsequently locking said table in indexed position; said indexingand locking means including, a shaft journaled in said housing, a racksecured to said table, a gear secured to said shaft and in mesh withsaid rack, a toothed index wheel secured to said shaft, an index barslidably mounted on said housing and operated by said handle, a dogpivoted on said index bar normally out of engagement with the teeth onsaid index wheel but engaging said teeth and indexing said table duringthe first period of operation of said handle, and a stop pin secured tosaid index bar and engaging said teeth on the index wheel to lock thesame in indexed position.

17. An apparatus of the character described, including, a housing, atable longitudinally movable and indexable on said housing, a typewheelmovable toward and away from said table, an operating handle journaledon said housing and provided with means for moving said type wheeltoward said table, spring means for moving said type wheel away fromsaid table, means for indexing said table, an index barlongitudinallymovable on said housing, means operated by said handle during saidmovement toward the table for'moving said bar in one direction, springmeans for moving said bar in the opposite direction, means on said barfor operating said means for indexing the table during the first portionof said movement of the bar in one direction, and means on said bar forlocking said means for indexing the table during the remainder of saidmovement of the bar in one direction and during the first portion ofsaid movement of the bar in the opposite direction.

18. An apparatus of the character de scribed, including, an indexabletable to support the object to be operated upon, means for indexing saidtable, and operative connection between said table and said means; saidmeans including a ratchet wheel operatively connected with saidoperative, connection between the tableand the means, a stationarybracket, an index bar guided in said bracket and adapted to movelongitudinally, means for reciprocating said bar, a dog pivoted on saidbar and provided with a finger adapted to engage and disengage the teethon said ratchet wheel and also provided with a toe to abut said bracketand thereby disengage said finger from said teeth when said bar is nearone end of its travel in one direction, a spring to move said fingerinto engagement with said teeth when said bar begins to move in theopposite direction to index said ratchet wheel, anda pin fixed to saidbar and adapted to engage said teeth to lock said ratchet wheel intoindexed position when said bar is near the end of said oppositemovement. 7

19. An apparatus of the character described, including, a table tosupport the object to be operated upon, type dies and operatingmechanism therefor for operating on said object, and means foradjustably l0- cating said object in relation to said table; saidadjustably locating means including, a guide member slidablelongitudinally on said table and one end thereof projecting forward ofsaid table, means on said mem ber to confine one side of said object, aguide member slidable longitudinally on said one end of the firstmentioned guide. member and one end thereof projecting transversely ofsaid one end of the first mentioned guide member, means on the lastmentioned guide member to confine oneend of said object, means forsecuring the first mentioned guide member to said table in adjustedposition, and means for securing the last mentioned guide member to thefirst mentioned guide member in adjusted position.

20. An apparatus of the character described, including, a table tosupport the object to be operated upon, type dies and operatingmechanism therefor for operating on said object, and means for locatingdifferently sized objects on said tablefsaid locating means including, abracket secured to said table, a guide member slidable longitudinally onsaid bracket to adjust sidewise location of said object and providedwith an abutment for said object, means for locking said guide member tosaid bracket, a second guide member slidable longitudinally on the firstsaid guide member to adjust endwise location of said object and providedwith an abutment for said object, and means for locking the second saidguide member to the first said guide member.

21. An apparatus of the character described including, an indexabletable to support the object to be operated upon, type dies movabletoward and away from said table, an operating handle to move said diestoward said table, means for manually indexing said table to approximatetyping position, a ratchet wheel associated with said means for indexingthe table, a bar slidable in parallelism with said table, a dog pivotedon said bar to engage or disengage said ratchet wheel, means operativelyassociated with said handle to move said bar and thereby move said doginto engagement with said ratchet wheel and rotate the same topositively index said table prior to contact of said dies with said object, means on said bar to engage at least one of the teeth on saidratchet wheel to lock said table in indexed position after said dog hasmoved the same into that position but prior to contact of said dies withsaid object, neans for retaining said engaging means in contact withteeth on said ratchet thereby locking said table in correctly indexedposition while said dies are contacting said object, spring means forreturning said bar to original position when said handle is returned tooriginal position, and a toe on said dog to release the same from saidteeth when said bar is returned to orginal position to permit said tableto be indexed manually.

GEORGE lV. I-IEENE.

